Guest Bradfield Posted September 30, 2009 Actor James Dean died in a car crash today in 1955, aged just 24... And is it me or has Dean's iconic status just dimmed a bit in the last decade or so? I should imagine that most of the youth of today don't know who he is. And I didn't think he was that good anyway, a tad overrated. Isn't this the Russ Abbot thread? He doesn't look a bit like him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madcow 6 Posted September 30, 2009 Actor James Dean died in a car crash today in 1955, aged just 24... And is it me or has Dean's iconic status just dimmed a bit in the last decade or so? I should imagine that most of the youth of today don't know who he is. And I didn't think he was that good anyway, a tad overrated. Isn't this the Russ Abbot thread? He doesn't look a bit like him. Maybe he would have if he had lived longer. Couldn't imagine him singing 'I love a party with a happy atmosphere...' though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Canadian Paul 97 Posted September 30, 2009 Actor James Dean died in a car crash today in 1955, aged just 24... And is it me or has Dean's iconic status just dimmed a bit in the last decade or so? I should imagine that most of the youth of today don't know who he is. And I didn't think he was that good anyway, a tad overrated. Isn't this the Russ Abbot thread? He doesn't look a bit like him. Maybe he would have if he had lived longer. Couldn't imagine him singing 'I love a party with a happy atmosphere...' though. Isn't Heath Ledger slowly taking over his place as "Icon". I don't think so... I haven't heard anyone mention his (Ledger's) name for quite some time now, which has certainly made me happy. Never saw what the big deal about him was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 1, 2009 Reggie Kray died today in 2000... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 2, 2009 Rock Hudson died from AIDS related causes today in 1985... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vergeetachtig Posted October 2, 2009 Graham Arthur Chapman died on this day in 1989. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 2, 2009 Graham Arthur Chapman died on this day in 1989. A little premature. He actually died on October 4th, one day before the twentieth anniversary of the first broadcast of Monty Python's Flying Circus... Now it's twenty years since that anniversary, forty years overall. Doesn't time fly? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,624 Posted October 3, 2009 As we're talking great British comedians, here's one that did die on October 3rd (2005) Ronnie Barker ( ) '...and its good night from him' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted October 3, 2009 Animal lover and founder of the Franciscan Order, St Francis Of Assissi, died on Oct 3rd 1226 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave to the Grave 11 Posted October 4, 2009 Actor James Dean died in a car crash today in 1955, aged just 24... And is it me or has Dean's iconic status just dimmed a bit in the last decade or so? I should imagine that most of the youth of today don't know who he is. And I didn't think he was that good anyway, a tad overrated. Perhaps the cigarette companies have simply found a new, 'face of smoking'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 5, 2009 The brilliant Leonard Rossiter died 25 years ago today... Funny how the memories play tricks. I swear Rossiter, Eric Morecambe and Tommy Cooper died in the same week. Just goes to show how compressed the memory gets as time drifts by... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 6, 2009 Hatti Jacques died today in 1980... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted October 8, 2009 Avid fisherman and 14th President of the USA, Franklin Pierce, died of liver failure, after years of heavy drinking on this day in 1869. Pierce was arrested while in office for running over an old woman with his horse, but his case was dropped due to insufficient evidence. His wife Jane Appleton, a highly strung religious fanatic, is believed to have gone insane during his period in office and was kept well away from the public. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 10, 2009 Christopher Reeve, perhaps the definitive Superman, died on this day in 2004... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 12, 2009 John Denver died today in 1997... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,624 Posted October 13, 2009 Le Duc Tho Nobel Peace Prize winner (1973) who refused his prize (because there was still no peace in his country, not because he had to share with Kissinger) died 19 years ago today (Oct 13th), a day before his 79th birthday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 13, 2009 Screen heart throb Errol Flynn died 50 years ago today... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,624 Posted October 13, 2009 On this day in 1066, the King of England, Harold Godwinson, was killed in battle (the first English King so to die), after reigning all of 9 months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,155 Posted October 14, 2009 On 'is 'orse with 'is 'awk in 'is 'and. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 14, 2009 Hermann Göring, the highest ranked Nazi to be convicted at the Nuremburg trials, is found dead today in 1946, just hours before he was due to be hanged... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,624 Posted October 16, 2009 Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, executed 16 October 1793. Other notable executions on this day are Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz Sauckel, Arthur Seyss-Inquart and Julius Streicher, in 1946 following the Nuremburg trials. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 18, 2009 Andreas Baader of the Red Army Faction, committed suicide in prison today in 1977... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 19, 2009 Cellist Jacqueline du Pré died on this day in 1987... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
